Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

horses ou this floor 10y horse power The
horse barn is planned for convenience and
has about a dozen stalls well nlled i'm the
winter season. The breeding Of horse, is
made something of a specially, aud several
blooded mares Of the Hambletonian Nor
gan and Wilkes blood are raising a progeny
Of fine colts One of the Kentucky Prince
colts was sold few days ago for 500. and
there are other colts and animals which
show well for themselves. and have long
tailed pedigree behind them. Suitable con.
veuienccs for calves, colts and sheep are
made in the smaller barns There is a
large flock of good sheep on the farm at
present. The stock, partially enumerated
above. consists OF ~ COWS. % steers that
have been bought to he fattcd during the
early winter, with bulls, oxen and young
cattle to exceed 100 in number there are
10 horse kind, - sheep and a large number
Of swine
As may be inferred, the forage crop is
very large. The figured ton capacity Of
che hay storage i, 300 tons, and it is all o.
cupied-the barns are stuffed full. including
the floors in the small barns. The ensage
crop is 300 tons The DAT crop was Is
acres, the field corn three acres, and the
potato crop large in spite of the poor year,
two acres. The amount of grass grown on
some of the fields lately underdrained is
enormous ON one field of fourteen acres
over sixty large loads Of hay we're cut. fol-
lowed by rowen crop, estimated at two
tons to the acre On this the steers and
young cattle have found sustenance all the
fall another field along side the road pro
duced grass that stood even high with the
than the average, but there is no part of
the tillage which cannot be put in as good
condition as the patches mentioned
The next most important enterprise is the
renovation of the pastures, SO that the
pasture forage shall be sufficient to summer
feed the stock which the NOV lands pro
vide for in the winter This has already
been entered upon, quite large patches have
been reclaimed by blowing, manuring and
phosphating and so fast as it can he done
the pastures will be plowed up, top dressed
or otherwise treated till they are brought
to a productive state Some of the fields
will be turned to pasturage A large pas
ture in CRANKY has lately been sold. and it
is proposed to keep all the stock ON the
place ere long.
The present year large job is under way
on the house buildings The old house has
been moved back and a large two-story
front is going up, with additional ell-room
The house plan is made by Mr. Packard
architect Phillip Shields and other parties
from Orleans county are doing the work
The new structure will be pretty, pleasant
and suited to the demands of the place
The old house will be kept as near intact as
possible. and those of the family who return
from time to time to the old homestead will
find the old house, as it was, except that it
has been turned to face in another direc-
ton Capt. Geo. O. Ford is the efficient
manager of this farming enterprise, and
himself and Mrs Ford, Gen. CIRCUITS sister.
have not found many idle moments during
the last ten years hard service. 1t looks as
though few years more would put things
of field and pasture, barn and house, in
such condition that the great work of this
farm can he done with ease, and at such IL
profit as to show that scientific and practi-
cal farming does pay in Vermont. Gen.
Circuit has already demonstrated one fact,
namely that an ordinary Vermont farm
can be so improved and developed as to
double or treble its productive capacity in
ten years.